However, because oral medications must pass through the digestive system, to have the same efficacy as IV medications oral antibiotics must have high âbioavailabilityâ â the percentage of the drug that reaches the blood. Drugs administered via PICC lines have, by definition, 100 percent bioavailability.
A: Bactrim is a type of antibiotic used to treat a range of bacterial infections in the body according to WebMD. Physicians prescribe Bactrim to treat certain types of sexually transmitted diseases, urinary tract infections, respiratory illnesses, and various other infections.
bactrim works by stopping the growth of the bacteria causing the infection bactrim will not work against infections caused by viruses such as colds and flu bactrim has been prescribed for your current infectionactrim contains the active ingredients sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim also known as co trimoxazole bactrim is used to treat infections in different parts of the body caused by bacteria